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JTATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET;
FOR PRPSIOENT: 5
- VJJJriKLD SCOTT HANCOCK,
Ok Pkshstlvajma. -r
' FOR VICE-PRESIDENT :
. WILLIAM H. ENGLISH,
Of IxDiAif a.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICBXT ;
FOR GOVERNOR, '
. , THOMA&J. JAEVIS, i
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Fon Lietttenant-GoVebkob, J
JAMES L. ROBINSON J ".. '
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For Secretabt of $tats,
mLLlXit X. SAUNPERS,
" " Of Wake. '
For Attorxey-General, j
THOMAS S. KENANJ
"" Of Wilson. .' "
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,' For Treasurer. 4
JOHN M. iypRTH, ,
"" Of Randolph, f
For AtaxToa4,; i
JOS
!W.P. ROBERTS
Of Gate.
F.or. SyT Public Instruction,
- ' JOHN C. SCARBpRO, ,
- - - ' ' Of Johnston.
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For Congress 7th District ?
,.; R. F. ARMFIELd; of Iredell. .:
For Jadge Fifth District : j"
JOHN A. GILMER, of Guilford. ' ..
' ' ELECTORS; j '
For the State at Large, , V
JAMES MADISON LEACH FABJUS II.
BUSBEE,' ,s R
Senator Jones of Florida, yiho has been
' snaking speeches in , Indiana, thfqks that
-Btato willgo democratic
il Is f Possible ---Itis said Nat Atkin
son had teen hired ti abase Gov. Jarvis.
He is i a candidate for Congress ' against
Bob Vance. , .. -J. ' - vv! - ' . : ,
There is a httle war breeze springing
Bp along tho dividing line between "Mexi
co and Uncle Sam's plantations.? robab-
lj will not amount to much.
-
Mr. J. D. Brown,' ,of Davidson Cpllege
says theObaervert has the honor of having
sent the first baie of'coltbn to;the Charlotte
market this year. It 'sold for I2cts.M The
ire't bale last year sold for 13
NorfhaqaptQn has started he formation
j of a joint Stock Company for.the manufac-
.lure oi cotton, o; wnicu no einu ijuauiijr.
J rawed m tbat county. They will put up an
f establishment with the Clement attachment.
There was a grand ratification meeting
)n Wilmington, on the 24tb,,ti,Q0Q people
in attendance. The 5 ward Club's of the
eity, five in nnmber, and other cluds of
other places, turned out wuu banners.
- mottoes and lights; at ' niglit, and 'had a
The solid.Democracy of Catawba county
split,' the other day, on attempting to nomi-
p'afc a candidate for the lower;House of the
Legislature. 1 here are at present three can
didates in the field J, E. Murrill; Dr. W.
Yount and Gilbnght James.! Mai. S. M.
Finger was agreed on for the Senate. .
V-'. ; 1 - ; '. i, ..:'.''
Joe Roar k, colored man, was shot down
in the main street of Lincolnton, about 9
: o'clock, Tuesday njght," by a negro man
pained Jolm Morris and. died of his
wound. Joe was a witness against Morris
in a stealing 8crapbc Thei gallows is
raiting for the murderer. ! - i ' "
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We, have seen s. gentleman, - who heard
Prof. Kerr's Poplaif Tent' speech, aud he
says the general i mpression of tlie people
at the tituo and pl.1Ce was, that it was a
lauit-nnuing republican ,8peecn., The
fbYervasMvere'bb'tlieJastsisla
fure, declaring that it- was ft verj.weak
A correspondent of the Charlotte Obser
ver says a meeiing oi , tue directors ot the
AVestern N. C. Railroad' hasrteeu Called
to "be held'at Salisbury oii the id, vIf.
faest s coming up witki fulfilment of his
obligations in respect to this road, which
greatly disturbs the ; quiet of thoe who
want him to fail. ; t
" The wiiie correspondent says, Glen Al
pine Springs prematurely closed on Toes';
day night,, owing' to the ifailure olf the
proprietor to meet obHgatiomu
That Hancock men are rapidly organi
ting in the Western counties and deputy
post-raastors are made to walk the plank
for participating in Hancock imtirigs
A HoRmBLR Sessatios. Reading, pa.,
August 23.A great 'sensation has been
caused th ronghout Berks county, by the dis-
cotery of Benjamin Zuchler,' a lunatic who
bad been confined in a house in Albany
owns!??P by ,,i3 bpother,J Jacob,ZuchJerfoT
27 years. 1 When; found he waschained to
tha floor in n small 'h'onWjjnilt spccialfy for
him and in a room abnnt 8 feef square '"With
only one! . window f jr tventUation. This
phamber jyas in a 'shocking state; dirt being
s foot thick on the floor. Theman wasper-
fecy nude and in-the entire g years he hart
jever been washed,' combedshaWtL' The
mad nian"made a desperate rcfiitance when
the officers- attempted to lemove him, but
ho wa Vjbsequei'tlVi tkin.to 'the insane
asylum.-: The cai will bS investigated by
Xew York: Correspondence. ' :
From UiS Itafelfilh Sett - "
Nbw Tor. Adgust 18p0.
n com pany : tltfi J uage S hi pp4 Capti
Brenizer ftnd Iwtt other Chaflotte gentle-
tneQ. I Have just been to j (jrovernor's is?
land to call on General Hancock; Like"
those gentlemenI went as a North Caro-
IIUMUl IMW w l V v 7
a plain looking geutleinan, m civilian s
clotlies, a btte face -aud-person than are
indicated bjr any of the pictures of him
aoout jijx .seeii nigu jui
habit, without obesjty slightly gray, the
bhiy':ihing -about' him "that militates
against the' idealof a handsome man being
t remarkably fuihdbuble chin. tie was
thoroughly courteofls and agreeable, and
had something pleasant to .say to each one
of the p:ozen or more gentlemen wn.qvsenc
their cards to him along with ours. They
were irom Missouri, 4is5issiixii,iiia
chusetts. New York Louisiana ice.1- He
found that the Mississippian lives near
his son, who is planting there that the
Missourian js ini the viciuity of the spbt
where Le ba located the land , warrants
issued to him by the government for his
services in the Mexican war j rrdiscover
ed that he is as fond, field sports as his
r,
nd my old frjehd, s Qeo.. Dyer jt that he
ias been in North Carolina: that he has
more applications for his. portraits from
that State than from any other; and in
Other such pleasant chat passed the quar
ter of an hour that we felt at libeaty to
inflict upon hum ; I need not say that we
all came away most pleasantly impressed,
a fit supplement to his noble utterances
on political and .national subjects. He4 re
midded me somehow of Mr. Filmore, for
whom I always (had tho most profound
respect and regard. ' f
Passing out enj the General's" headquar
ters, we spent a half hour or more in
rambling through the beautiful grounds
vi uio lsiauu, ujgmy iraprovea as tuey
are, and abounding with1 warlike impleT
ments. There are upwards of twenty or
dinancej and staoT officer's with their fam
ilip, residing in; the handsome dwellings
provided for them, .
Mr.' Eccles and wife and Capt. Brenizer,
ot Ubarlotte, iJey. Dr. Yates, of Wilming
ton, and a number of Charlotte people,
whom I have ndt seen, are in 1 the city.
Judge Shijp leaves for homo this after
noon. . " . .. ;
We are having, as doubtless tlje tele
graph has told you, very extraordinary
weather hero and farther North. The
thermometer at 56 in the middle of Au
gust is most unseasonable,;. though' very
pleasant, which
latter, cannot, be said df
32 at Stamford
.tvith a heavy frost and
injury to the crops. So our home people
who have had floods will see that they
are not alone in- suffering by the vagaries
of the weather. It comes upon the just
and upon the unjust. Every' man may
decide for himself to which class. he be
longs. J
There arc two items in the xapprs hat
ougnt to receive the thoughtful attention
of the Chicago. Jilmne and other revi'lers
of the South. The first, that there are at
present fifteen persons in the jail of Cook
county, Illinois (in which Chicago is sit
uated), for murder, two of tho fifteen be
ing, women. The "second is, that tho Re
publican- "roughs , mid ' rowdies" in the
state ot Maine have mobbed and broken
up a temptrance;meetiug at the capital of
that-State, only so lately as the 2d of
last month. '. Seethe following from that
great aposlo of "jtho. temperance cause.
General Neal Dow : . - -
"The first terojperancQ , meeting l ever
attended was broken up by a mob in Port
land, twenty-five years ago, but the mob
failed in its purpose. Since that day wo
had no juipe ranee meetings ; mobbed in
Maine until the 22d of this month, when
a temperance couventinn .was mobbed and
broken up at Augusta by roughs and row
dies led on by Republican oftice-holders.
The convention iwa"driven to adjourn
because its business could not be trans
acted in consequence of the violence and
outrage of this mob. The mob of twenty-
five years ago was WJiig. : This one was
Repriblicau,"delibera'tely planued and car
ried out in ihe supposed interest of the
Republican partyi I very much mistake
the, temper of . the temperance .men of
Maine tf they continue to uphold, a party
which tramples upon; the dearest rights of
itino ' i '
And all this, in the so called land of free
8peechp and; by . the ' clamorers for free
speech In the South by Northern Repub
licans! And all because the iemnerancft
party in Maine mean to support Hancock
and English, and jwill probably poll votes
enough to carry
iat State for the Demo-
crats.'
They have a law firm in Michigan styled
Cortidge & Dauffhter.' ex-udire Cortidffe
having taken Ins daughter Helen - into
partnership. ItXvill probably be dissolv
ed wheu Miss Hejen gets another partner
and becomes "Mrs. something
iu ci uiuui a man wuo rented house
hung ? out a Hancock flajpfrbm it.5" His
landlord polled it tlownile 'did not.shobt
hinj "pnie 1 spbfe t3en ii Oir vbuld
liave advised, but; remonstrnted and put
out another flag, which thelandord again
pulled dowii, tofoippiecesj aud' burned.
He is to be trfed. This did not happen
in the South, rforthnately N6V' did it
happen in- the South sis it did in East New
0l'k..9njnniay ?astt that a man lodired
Jiot' iq the back ot
a Mttle, boy of twelve vearsl "whrnV li
found robbing his orchard. The boy was
uauciwu ijui tuna was carried to a hos
pitalr whilst Uieioan' whoshot fiim nTn
off, bat afterwards delivered. 1 himself dp
aqd ,WMwmiuitt;Jai:'- t v
iJoynton, he Michigan lawyer, who tried
taj eU theSontii! iparolioa bpuds which
were sttRn by-"S1ierinati : buiiiuiers lAiM
betn drschaged b'Josllce Smir!, of the
iombsxcourt, ou the ground that u gail
,y intent ij ad been shown. And ; this U
New York justice i f lieVl tijaiiv a iatsryet
oo, W bied notified ibatthe bonds were
stoffen and (warded not to attempt to sell
tlnsnJ " iTheustice did not give the true
reason, which doubtless was jthat thou
sand of others,, thieves and receivers,
wpijld b$ liabletq arrest f Boy iton should
be punished," f i
A party of fifty men entered the jail at
Fort Scott, Kansas, on Tuesday, and took
but a hoVsetliief named Thomas Watkins,
but Whether they were, his -friends and
rescued : him from the gallovrsj or tlw
friends of justice; ''and 'carried bfif to hang
him no boy could tell, and nothing had
been heard from tho party Nice country
that, where all classes are: so much alike
that the rogues" friends cannot be distin
guished from Jhe rogues' enemies. :- I fear
that the i'xodusters'' have . gotten into
bad company. ' i; t , . pi . ii.
PKOFi KEUirS SPEECH 1 AT
' ...POPXiAK TEXT FAIR.
The Observer has raised a liowl about
its ears because it assented tliat Professor
Kerr made a Republican speech at Pop
lar Tent Fair. Had the proprietor of
the Observer been at home such an'asser
tion would hardly have been made, but
it requires ino stretch of conscience now to
say tliat in many' respects the speech teas
political, and that it was not Democrat-
He asserted that the State Legislatqres
for many years had failed to pass a ilog
law, because the dogs were in the majon
ty in these Legislatures.
!i file asserted that the great need of the
fanner was lime, and that this could not
be transported because the railroads de
manded exhorbithant rates oft transpor
tation, and successive legislatures had
been remiss in their obligations to the
people in the demanding its transportion
at such low rates as to place it within the
reach of the farmers. He further assert
ed that the legislators were in tho pay of
the railroads, and because they helt!
passes from these railroads jthat they
were afrai'4 to legislate against these cor
porations, and the people must elect leg
islators who would not be bribed by these
railroads. This meant, if it meant any
thing, that the members of previous leg
islatures hail been bribed. The exception
that he made was in the case of Capt.
siu. u. . Aiexanuer, tno senator lrom
Meckleuburg, and tlio RepnsentTtive
from -Cabarrus county. Now Prof. Kerr
knew that j no Legislature in this State
lias ever fixed a schedule of frieglit rates
and under the' present chartered rights
of our '- railroad Companies, no Legisla
ture probably ever can do so. If char
tared privileges are to be observed, such
an assertion could only have been made
to deceive his 'hearers, or for some ulte
rior purpose, which does not appear on
tho surface.
He asserted that the public press of
the State was venal, corrupt and subsi
dized in the interests of politicians. This
assertion wjis thrown back into his teeth
at the tiniejas it deserved to be. No in
stru mentality has been more protent for
good in regard to tho welfare of North
Carolina, ibr the past fifteen years, than
the newspapers, and as a cf;i!s the men
who are at the newspaper helm are har
der worked and more illy paid, ten times
over,' than the State geologist, who vents
his grievances before the public in the
guise of agricultural speeches.- j jllo asser
ted repeatedly that the politician and the
yqlferdorg ijiere .synonymous terms, and
claimed that the politics of the country
were regulated by the unscrupulous poli
ticians under the shade of a tree, or in a
fence corner t
; Now j ustj what these statements were
made for in an agricultural speech at a
coupty fair.) is something that We cannot
comprehend. As they were all attacks
upon the integrity and honesty !of Demo
cratic Legislatures, and the Democratic
party, which has been in power! in North
Caiolina sinlce 1870,. tho. reader can draw
his own inferences. Charlotte Ob.
ROWAN COUNTY.
BT J. E.
REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS.
General Greene having escaped across the
Yadkin, Lord , Cornwallis with the main
body of his troops returned to Sdisbnrv
and remained at that place two days. They
reached the lowiron Saturday and continu
ed there; until Monday night or Tuesday
morning. , jviqnaay was. the time for open
ing the sessions. pf .the Quarterly! Inferior
Court, 'but as may well be supposed, the:
magistrates 'lwho jpresided, being! ardent
Whigs had no disposition to place them
selves in the hands of the British. Acl lai Os-
born. tho Clere, : was absent in the patriot
army, and had been for some time, Mr. Gif
ferd acting iis deputy clerk, and taking notes
of proceedings which were afterwards writ
ten up by Mr.Qaborn. .
There still remain among our people sev
eral traditions of the period of British occu
pation, which though trivial in themselves,
are yet of interest to the citizens of Salis
bury and; vicinity., :Let it then lie: under
stood that the greater part of this chapter
is louQUieu upiQ local irauuion. uuisotu
rect and constant is that tradition, that it
is thought t0 be entirely trustworthy in its
main reatures.s.v;itr: ?-' ji ' :'.
; Upon entering town Lord Cornwallis took
np'tafsMieadquartcrs at' the house of Max
well" Chambrs,? a prominent and jwealthy
Whig, a merchant, of Salisbury, a former
member of tlie Rowan Conihiittee! of Safety
nnd itsTreasiirenro After the' wan Maxwell
Chambers moved to Spring lill; alwut
three niiles east 'of 'Salisbury.1 'Tf is eldest
son was namcl Edward Chamber who was
the next owner of 'Spring HilL" The late
William Chambers, whose monument stands
near the wallj in the Lutheran grave yard,
was the son and heir of Edward .Chambers,
During the Revolution Maxwell Chambers
lived; pnr the west corner of Church and
Bank etreets-j-the, corner npw occupied by
the stately arid substantfal mansion of 8. H.
Wiley. Esq", i The house of Mr. Chamlwrs,
used by 4he-British Commander,: remained
stand iDg until about ten years ago, .and its
old-fashioned and quaint appearance is fa
miliar to every one whose recollection, can
run backten jor tWetve years, r It is surpris
ing ; that'nb jone ' was.' -round to show "Mr.
Lossin, in 1 49, this relic of the revolujjpn.
During these two days' of occupation the
British buried some" ' soldiers' on the 'ppot
know as . the fEhglish Grave Yard. "and
from this circjumstanpe it isiaid to have de
rived its fiatne'." But it was al)tirjini place
place before that time:? Nearjthe ,'cjrntFei of
iij icauiu; Bjainsi a tree, mere is so aucient
ncaattoneot some aark material,-i t nat sars
that Cam, ftfniel ttttl Vhbifid in 1TT5,
lies buried there. Tt is more! probable that
it was called the "English' in disticctioa
from the Lutheran," or f German"? Grave
lard, on the eastern side of town. Col.
Tarletoh storinedTat John Louis Beard's. In
the eastern part of town, the north corner
of Main and .Franklin streets. Mr. Beard.
being a well-known whig,! was absent in the
array at the time, and so j the entertaining
devolved upon Mrs. Beard. But Col. Tarle
tqn, it icems, wa perfectly able to lake car6
of himself, and made himself quite At home.
When: he wanted" milk he ordered old Diok
thc negrtj servant 1U fetch the cows and
milk them. Mrs; Beard had it cross child
at thei time,' whose crying Was grtat an
noyiince trt the dashing colonel. Upon one
occasion bis anger overleaped the bounds of
gentlemanly courtesy, and he ordered the
child to be choked to stop its crying. Mrs.
Beard was very much afraid bf him, and we
ra;ay well suppose that she did all she could
to please him.:.,!; !:-'(,:;,..; v'lc- ;V.V' V,
jt U said that Lord Rawdbn put up at
the residence of 'Thomas Frohock, at his
place balled "Tlie Castle, alout two miles
northwest of Salisbury, on. the hill just east
of Frohock's (afterwards! McCay's) pond ;
and that he had charge ojf Frohock's mill
upon that occasoa The writer has looked
in jvain, hi the history of the campaign, for
the name of Lord RawdonL lie was present
in Charlotte the previous summer, and (ell
back with Cornwallis to Winnesboro, in the
fall. , jBut neither the histories, nor tlie
"General Order Book" mention his name in
this pursuit of Green. Still the grandmoth
er pi Miss Christine Beard, one of our old
est' citizens, whose memory lis stored with
these ancient' traditions,! and is never at
fault, Was'bften heard to state that Rawdon
was atj Frohock's. Mrs. Eleanor Faust, the
lady in qucstioh, was the daughter of John
Dupn,;Esq., and her memory: was excellent.
Thie same statement was iils6 made by Mrs.
Giljes, !ihe sister Pf Sirs. Tadst, who was a
teuipoi-ary inmate of Frohock's family at
the time. On the other hand we learn from
Lossing and other historians, that Lord
Raivdpn was left in command of the South
ern! division of the Rova! army, with head
quarters at Camden,when Cprhwallis march
edimto North Carolina
And there Gen.
Greene found him when
hi marched into
South Carolina after the battle of Guilford
Court 'House, and engaged in the untbrtun-
ate battle of Hobkirk's Hill, on the 23lh of
Aprjl. 1781. Ther only solution of the ap
parent contradiction between tradition and
hjstory, is that Lord Rawdon may have pro
ceeded with Lord Cornwallis as tar as Salis
bury, and then returned to his fit-Id oi op
erations in the South after Greene had been
extricated from their grasp' by the rise of
uie i aciKin river.
Another distinguished personage was
along !with Lord Cornwallis in Salisbury,
though we hear little of bin). This was no
less a personage than JosiahjMartin. tlie last
royal governor of Nortii Carolina. The day
after the British crossed at Cowan's Ford",
an elegant beaver hat, made alter the fash
ion1 of ;the day, and marked in the inside.
"f he property of Josiah Martin, Governor,"
was found floating ou thei Catawba river
about ten miles below Covfan's "Ford. In
his dispatches after the battle of Guilford
Court House Cornwall's reports that Gover
nor Martin had accompanied him in his
campaign througlNorth Carolina, cheerful
ly bearing all the hardships of camp life,
hoping by his presence to: aid in the work
of restoring the royal authority in the State.
Though he wa3 along with the troops he
does not appear conspicuous. "Inter anna
leges silent" is an old maxiin, ami the pow
erless governor was completely overshadow
ed by the, plumed and epauicttcd chiefs' rf
the march and of the battle) .field. Had he
not lost his hat in the Catawlxi, and had
nofr Cornwallis kindly mentioned his nam
in hi dispatches, we would have been c:i
tirely ignorant of his last yiiit to Salisbury.
We do not know where hi "put up"' while
i:i town. At the north east corner of Innes
and Church streets, now the property of Mr.
Philip R Meronev, stood t ie law oflice of
John Dunn. Eso.. and in the same vard. a
little back of it, was the ! residence of his
daughtc r, Mrs. Eleanor Faiist. These prem
ises were occupied a3 the! headquarters of
thcBriiish. Commissary department. The
encampment of the army was two or three
hundred yards to the north ot the Court
House, , somewhere in the i neighborhood of
the English graveyard, perhaps on the line
oi ruiton street not tar from the present
residence of Dr. Whitehead land that of the
Hon. F. E. Shnber. The commissary head
quarters would thus be betWeen the camp
and centre of Town. It is related that Mrs.
Faust Owned a favorite calf that grazed in
the yard, which the commissary took a
fancy to. and tried to purchase for Lord
CornwallVs own table. But Mrs. Faust re
fused to sell upon any terinsj The Commis
sary thereupon proceeded 'to. "impress'" the
calf, and after killing it, he laid down a
piece of gold before Mrs. Faust as pay. Ir
ritated and indignant she pushed away the
moneyj and left his presence!
During the stay of the British Mrs. Faust
lost aeuild, that diettof sbrall-pox. As all
things were in confusion, and no one conid
be hired to perform such services, her fath
er, John Dunn, took the coffin upon his
horse, and interred' the body at the family
burying ground, three miles south of Salis
bury , . !
Dr. Anthony Newnan. familarly called
Dr. Anthony, was then a citizen of Salisbury.
He lived m the bouse that stiil stands on
the south east side of Main street, next to
"Cowan's brick row." The building is now
occupied as a harness and boot and shoej
shop, and fs very old and dilapidated. It j
has undergone many changes, but is still
substantially' the same. Parts of the old 1
heavy moulding, and the wainscot and pan
nclling arc still to be seen, as well as the
hard oaken corner posts and j, studding, and
the'we"ather boarding fastened with home-
wrought iron nails. It is reported that the
builder of this house got drunk, and rolled
frora the roof of the piazza into the street
aud was thereby killed. Aj a" events Dr,
Newnari, a good whig, lived in this house,
and entertained some of the British officers.
Ono day while Col. Tarleton and jpme other
British officers were enjoying! the hospitali
ty of Df. Newnan, the Doctor's two little
boys were engaged in playjng a game with
white and red grains of corn, perhaps alter
the style of "Fox ami Geese,? or "Cross the
Crown Having heard much talk in the
past five days of the battle of Cow pens, the
British, Col. Tarleton, and Col. Washington,
it occurred to the boys to name their white
and red 'grains of corn Americans and Brit
ish, with Washington and Tarleton as lead
ers, and:"play" the battle of Cow pens. All
at' once, and forgetful of Tarlton's presence,
ono of the boys shouted out "Hurrah for
Washington I Tarleton is running ! Hurrah
for Washington P The fiery Tarleton look
ed on awhile in silence, but his temper was
too hot jto restrain him from, uttering a curse
against the rebel boys. "'''!".
Dr. Newnan ! married a daughter of Hugh
Montgomery, a wealthy citizen, who owned
much property, in lands and battle in Wilkes
county. .Montgomery live d in the old Yar
boro Honse," then standing! upon the site
of Meroney's Hall, but now rolled back and
standing in the: rear of it, and occupied as
a hotel for,, colored people.'. Montgomery
was the ancestor of the Stokeses and Wel
borns of Wilkes county. Dr. John Newnan
was the son of Dr.-Anthony: Newnan, and
lived op the lot now occupied as the. resi
dence, of Dr. Julius A. Caldwell. The bury
ing ground bf the Newnan's may. still., be
seen on the lot in the rear of Kr. Alexsndec
Parker's resideflce, pot far frqpa. the Railroad
Depot. Quite a number! of old an4 promi-:
hent citizens of Salisbury lie buried just be
hind Meroney's nall under and around the
colorpd HotelX': h Si , !
i'-. tXCtDEJTTS At THE BtOSB HOUSE.
About three miles souh east of Salisbury
and nearthfe supposedjine of the old Trad
in'g PathV.. stands a remarkable relic of the
earlv settlpmiPHk '-of Rriwah. tt is knoWh fir
and wide s the "Old. Stone HdUSe." Ai
sratfothe gtotie tablet titer the front door
tells the Yisitbr that Michael Braun (BroWh)
erected this house in 1700. It is built o
native unhewi bdt rather well-shaped
bldcks of grini'te, laid lb cement s durable,
that it still stands in ridges between the:
stone. The lower "storey ; was pretty wellj
finished with plaster, and contained five
rooms. At one end of the house, there is a
double chimney, with fireplaces in corners
of two rooms.' At the other end there is a
huge chimney facing outwards; and around:
which' is built a wooden kitchen." This
kitchen chimney is eight feet, in the clear,
and four feet deep. . Michael Braun not only
provided a solid house to live in, but he had
enlarged ideas of cooking facilities, and no
doubt many a big dinner; wes cooked there
in the olden time t; Bat the most; curious
part of the arrangement was a wonderful
fire box or stove in the east room, that was
fed through an opening in the back of the
kitchen chimney. The plates of this ancient
fire box or stove, are still lying, there," mas
sive and highly ornamented with curious
figures, circular, oval and diamond, shaped,
with flower vases filled with lilies and lan
ceolate, leaves, r On one pl4te is this inscrip
tion: -- . .;b j: : ' '" '
COMBANKlt
. 1766. J :''
Another plate contains the following:
GEORGE ROSS U ANN
' - MARY ANN f.
FURNACE, i
It appears that George Ross and Mary
Ann's "Comlmnni" (com pah v); wherever it
was located, had some original methods
sjKfllins, and 'Mary Ann" bad practical
ideas about woman's rights, and has suc
ceeded in transmitting her own name along
with George's to piwderity. ! ' !
The north side of the building, it is said,
is covered with the original cypress shingles
put there in 1760. . They (are , decayed in
some places, but. generally Covered with
lichen and moss, and have turned the rains,
and upheld the snows or oiie hundred and
fourteen summers and winters.' "
It is conjectured that th: main body ofj
the .liritisn army passca by this stone nouse
on the evening of the 2nd of February 1781,
on their march to theTradinjr Ford. It has
been constantly reported thkt on that occa
sion, an American officer, who was probably;
on a rcconnoitering expedition, was nearly!
overtaken by British dragoons-near this!
house. He turned and fled for life. Asthej
party came thundering jdowu ! the hill the'
American rode full tilt into .the front door,
of this house, leaped his horse from the back j
door, and so escaped down the branch bot- j
torn and through the thicket3, towards Sal- i
isbury. 1 : l
Another locnl tradition tells of a furious;
hind to hand encounter between an Ameri-I
can and a British soldier in the front door:
of the Stone house. 'The deep' gashes of the!
swords are still shown in the old walnut
door-posts. There can be little doubt that
some such conflict took place there. It is
true-that the cuts nnd gashes' might ' have
been made with unv other kind of instru-'
inent. But the descendents of Michael!
liraun still live there, and they, as well as
the neighlK,rs, still tell I the tale as .they .heard
it from their forefathers,- substantially as.
abve written.
WHEAT GROWERS.
nioHuuiijyi
PnKP.vnED
ESPECIALLY
G0MPL TE
FOR
WHEAT
AND
TO PROMOTE
RICHMOND, VA
ESTABLISHED 1865.
Wc again offer thi9 first class, Fertilizer to Wheat Growers as being in all- respects,
worthy of their patronage ItJias stool the test for ttcefo' year's use among us and has
been brought to its present iinirable condition only bv the liberal expenditure of labor
and money in a continuous effort to improve. Its standard and uniformity are guaran
teed. ' ;
The result of its application t the wheat crop for the past twelve years has proved it
to be equal to any fertilizer ever old in the United States. During this lime thousands
of tons of it have been used by! the banners of Virginia and North Carolina with highly
satisfactory results. ' j
We recommend it because : . .
It is rich in Soluble Phosphate and Ammonia.
It affords a constant supply ot plant food.
It contains no inert matter, i
It insures a stand of grass or clover. ' '
It is an improver and renovator of worn out lands.
It iff fine, dry, and in the best condition foe drilling, - v J
It contains an ample quantity of all the elements necessary to make wheat, and a Targe
surplus which will show itself upon the clover and grass, and in the improvement of the
land." " " -' -A ''..v - . -;. . . -
'It is prepared. from tlv best and most approved materials, in the most careful and
thorough manner, and un.l r our personal supervision. r . ,
Its standard and uniformity are guaranteed. ;
Whatever may be the merits of other fertilizers, no one can go wrong io using one
which is so well-made, is so fully guaranteed, and has been so long and so thoroughly
tested. ! '-'! f :,'' '- ; .. ;-'r .-i".;-"
-'.:: . : ,.: ;, .:.: :::( -;-': w '-';: ; '
APPLTCA.TI03ST.
. We recommend the appllcaUon of from XOO to OOO pxmnds per acre ArOltd in with tbe wheat
If practicable. If the ana is not osed, the land should be ploughed and JUrrwrtf until floe and tree from
clods, and the wheat and fruano harrowed In, f oUowlog with the rbUer. Thjs mlx the manure with the
son, and keeps tt near the surface Just where the roots of the wheat will nnd It easiest. When sowed on
laud ploughed but not hanwed, much of the guano goes down tn the opening bet ween the furrow slices,
and does Uttle or no good. 'i-.J i -i at.-t.t- r-fTVr a otit'ci r-kivr.
. . '' ! Manufacturers and Proprietor of the 3tar Brand Complete Manures,
m : L ';.feAG nr--7 : o RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. &
rorsai9 D7 J. Allsa Bpbwil A?3at. SalisBarr, Watts t Lqjv?. Statssrnlla J
tHcLean & Ca, Ifooresrille. CP. Lowe.
11 a i. .i .11 '
fTTENTION
TTENTION
Smokers i
IJMOKERS!
"Asheville's Girl of The Westf
-"Sitting Bull" received to-day. My as
sortment of fine and common X'igars for
the Wholesale and jRetail trade is the
most complete in town. -
CJGAJETTS-Che wing Tobacco in
great varieties. 4:--v '-r:
32:tf , c THEO. BTJEEBAim.
IF YOU WISH .
Your Watches hd
Clocks, Sewiui; Machines,&c,
Kepaired by a good, cheap and reaponeifele
workman, please leave' them with Messrs.
KInttx & Rendleman, Salisbnry, N. C.
45:ly u i ; R. L. BROWN.
PERUVIAN GUANO!
Persons wishing' Pernvian Guano for
W H E AT
Will do well to call on me on or before
the 1st of September. 1
Aug. 13, 1880 J. S. HCCUBBIHS;
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE
' .. --OF '
HAILROAD STOCK!
I will sell at the Court House door, in
Salisbury, at 12 o'clock, ra.-, on Saturday,
11th day of September next, 8 Shares of
North Carolina Railroad Stock, belonging
ofto the estate of William Heathman, dec d.
H. C. BOST. Adm'r de boni non
Aug. 14, lSSO. of Wm. lleathman,
44:4w
Mortgage Deeds fOT Sale her
O o
Also various other blans.
TO-
THE
GROWTH
MANURl
or
GRASS
CIQTER.
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Lffringtoa. Hinshaw.Ercs.. - Winston. etA
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if Mi
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5 i O
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NEW ADVfeltTISEMENK
North Carolina CollSi
... m. wo.,rvaurrU3 VOOhtT V V. ?
The
ie next session of this instltn'
the first Mondnr r 8Utnboi, U
gins
Instruction ia tlinn."r!MH88(L i
expenses ,for; ten months netZ I05
address, p I. A, Bikle, D.D dS
Cash IMccs, ithhl
vMonthjs Credit. I
Pianos and Orgaus i'comitiff -ZZ
000 strong? by every steameAS'
our mam moth, New Double Stdre ( 60
four stories high), fiom cellar to W. M
ply the trade of the South. X"
sdvanUgeous contracts with leading 1
Organ manufacturers; New Suit. X
New Terms for fll trade 1 880. &
fer'dto Cash BnjtriwiiuHnVJSSSS
gust, September aud October, : wTwin ,f
Lowest Cash fticear payable $-11 u "11
atios or $10 cah ixlJitt'S $
three month without inierm wSF'
S16.1, $190! $237. New Organs 5 JJ?l'4'
9 Stop, S59. Selection, from l',l.Upi
:0o different Mvles. Loet nvur?!' "
ca; Guaranteed instrument, 15 d7T
Every inducement that' any reiposiul
can offer on standard instrumeDRl;
Fall 1880 Special OITm ijl
Pll i aan rm.ll . . . . v4 fc.
; ludden &Bate'- SoutlSi" feT
r'Hl"!.-!-' House,. SataniSvW
- - " - - "( .
Wesleyan Jemale Inslitufi!
'-- STAUNTON, VIUGINIA.
0ens its 3ist SessiouSeptcniber
ladiM in the United Stote. Climate
surpassed.! Surroundings, beautiful if
pils fi-om seventeen State. Anml
lowest terms the Union. 1
TERMS.fBlsrd, Wafilung,liKlitis jUk
Coiiwe. Latio, French, foi each half
ticholaMie year .
7A1I extra Verr low: Foi- Wi.u ?
Hbxi W'U, A. H ARRIS, D.D.,1'
3S;2m f - Slaontooivj
w . " "niur r. ill.
3
' bFFICE-- ; '. :4 h
THE BILPIXQ AbJOLVlXQ ThE COtHTHOrsS.
Owners 'of Ooid Mining: Lands and Buyeimt
All Jst.-itajr luterpsii mwt nro-nnt nt.t.. i
J9otea, accounts, it. ooUecteO. ' .- :
Eisates, ana Ml tatters otadatotet'nttoii
Executors, r- settled S-T-'fV
Lanl and an otUectltles carpfufy UiTesUgatedj1 n
REAL-ESTATE J AGENCY, Lands la &oa
ai aJJoliuuu couatlcs Uoogat and said. 7 uT
Comuiunlcallon saUdted wlih those desbtur -tB
buy or bell. f' . .j"
Arrangements-mad to purchase cheap XaSt -Florlda,
Vvkm and llanedou (that part toSraM
tUeroialawlXanJ).j -
Lands for lale In' Illinois, and alone
river In Virginia, l ' ,
Parties desfiiog to ?wrf, or coii. to, XortU CarMfc n
rurnlslicd vVM ueeerfevy Intormauoo. ViT
X.B . Landbousjit and .sou alonhewo4 -Jtne
of the A'adesboro JinJ Sauryidlfwiit
rol must be built whtiitr Anson, sianlraiiiEoIi" '
an counties receive outside md irnm. Ttewtmta
of the day and tlie awakeninj: ep.en.Hs cf the .-;
pie of these cpunttwdemand and inust htvf itj. ;
ArramareRiejitbpii'ptTitctcl to put town lots it '
j?a.uuurjr anu ai oiuer ioinia in UiarfceL ii i
P.S. A market ready for small" iraU? fand
peT'Cllat oJtice. tf address Loti ikx90. 3
STATE OF j03TH5AH6USfc
Barie County i In Superior ourtltf
Wm. T. Barnes an3 wife Mary") . j )
A., Tlios. i4 Buticr sukI wile i Ii:noa kl!
. Jfgaint.i I elTlii)'i
"Tib H. Deaduian Saro'l R, 1 1 i
Deadmsn ait wifet'lsra V, , H for Istit."
;il. heir at law f i'iilhni 11.4- ! f j
r . - ..... 1 - - i "H
ueaainan. ac ti. Drfatn. I n
It apearirtg t tl.f satinfactiun of tl,eCirt
1 1
iiKn affidavit, tl.;tt Tlmn. II. 1"H at! mail, out d
the Dofendahu above name; ia iion-reident'"
of l hid State, and en ntt, after due diligic4-!
he found. It Murdered that publication Umid :
for six Htiecepsive Weeks, in the "Carolina:
Watchman,? published in Sn!ibury, C,
notifving aid defer. dantH lo apjer at the e .
fice"tf llie Cjerk of Jie Su prior Court of oi4:
county, on or before the lUil day of 8eptem!
her, 1880, a) answer the Pt-tition wliicS&l
filed in Raid bflice, or the plalTitlnV will tfi
to the Courtfor the relief demanded iir-jU-.
complaint. - i b i '
Witnew, the 2Cth day of July, 1880. : -
' U4M. Bixghai, L.JS..V.
'41:6w-$C..r0 BavieCountf
1 1
MfiSH'SlMMSJOFl
Administration, &c. U
The Machine Sloops and Foundry oftii
late it. Marsh, are
. FOR EE-N T.
An experienced machinist and coropetcutBH
to manage, will.find here a very , inviting Opj
port unity for Bucceesful biwineM. Tbf
chinery i all in gool running onhr and f 31
be kept in operation until rented. Ordtrri ti
be filled as uual. ! ' p
I NOTICE! -Ji
Hating atiminiBleVed on my late buM
eatate,ll er8on indebted to it ire
notified to malce early paj ment. Ana-JB
having claiins'apainst the same, are reqnP";
to present tliem hirlpaymant within tW
months fromfthi the Ifl day of July, 1S80,
thi notice w(ll be plead in bar of recoveryr r
I.
Jul jl 1,1880.
37:fiw I
MAliTUA C, MAlttsiif j, ?
, Adminwtratril. f
D Wewsi
Money Saved Bv ExamiiuBg
'Large and Well Selected Stoclcof (J
NEW GOODS; f;
Jaat Read a few line and jndg -balance
of ir Stock accordmgly : .-JU
Lawn. liquet W at icv.
wat we oner at ix cws. - "m
klnd8 0f i ' -
A complete Stock of Shoes at old PrtcejJsS at
Mmi uAts from it v eta ud. A full Assorts"
Sbirts at last year's prtcea.
ClOtii itic vaof - M
(ran sen a Aianv vwm ir ou miu. ::
kinds
Mocha.
a can be had la tne place. Twelve kiudu
... AA t
if wm tww. iiiATi ACCOi
CheapeaLto toe best to be had In J,.
unit rjathor vmim omrkerv. Potatoes v
many articles not herein mentioned. ail
We buy and aeU all kinks ot Country JTSISSr
will pay good prices tor Pried STnits ana
Coo
s
ii m & Heno: wm
ot COFFEES.'iromizxcis '
JULIUir iCUCaAJ PJ1UL
wjaTS. i- O .iim m nn
- A mwwI aaanftmnnt m
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